 Rebels Repulsed Medal, 1745. Silver, 32.9mm. By Thomas Pingo. MI 607/265, Woolf 53:4, Eimer Pingo 2. Choice About Uncirculated. Obv. Armored bust r. of William Duke of Cumberland. Rev. Lion and wolf, IVSTITIA TRIVMPHANS, die cracks in field. This medal commemorates the retreat into Scotland of the Jacobite forces under Prince Charles Edward Stuart, whose defeat at Culloden was followed by exceptional atrocities directed by the Duke, ''Billy the Butcher.'' (Est. $400-$500)
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